File imageDECATUR - Decatur police arrested a 17-year-old juvenile after he hit his girlfriend and stole her jewelry, police said.

According to police reports, the 16-year-old female victim called police about the burglary. When police arrived, the girl and her parents told authorities the boyfriend had hit her, stolen some of her jewelry and was trying sell it.

Police located the boyfriend at a nearby apartment complex. He was arrested on theft charges, domestic violence charges and public intoxication charges.

He's being held in the Tennessee Valley Juvenile Detention Center awaiting a detention hearing, police said.